hammer steam voicing

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Sat, 25 Sep 1999 12:47:27 -0400


On 24 Sep 99, at 10:44, pianotech-digest wrote:

> Sorry for the obscure reference.  I was referring to the electric hammer
> iron available in the supply catalogs, essentially an 80 watt soldering
> iron fitted with a brass head for ironing hammers.  Roger Jolly wrote
> about using it for "controlled steam voicing of hammers" in the May 1999
> Journal, although he uses a 40 watt version, seemingly not available from
> the stateside suppliers....

The electric hammer iron sold by APSCO is 40 watts.
Pianophile in Canada actually buys theirs from APSCO.

Michael Musial RPT 
Reedsville Pa




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